Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-05-19
The Duty OF Workingmen.
Nelc York Herald.


If workingmcn want reform, not of the
pinchheclS kind-the kind that the polite
schcmers howl about when they want to
get the ''ins'' out and get themselves in
but the genuine article, eighteen caratS fine,
they can have it by pulling altogether and
pulling with all their strength. II is n
grand day for the Republic when the labor
ing classes organize for the purpose of max
ing government purer and more honest.
Let them 20 ahead with firm determina-
ton 20 denounce the 'Sham" in everything
Let them move on the earthworks of in
trenched corruption wherever they find it,
Let them start an avalanche of ballots
that will bury ont of sight every politician
who does not believe that public office is n
public trust.
Let them make il thunder all round the
horizon against the invaSionS of the peoples
rights by which monopoly fills its pockets
from the earnings of the masses.
A cyclone of that kind, sweeping across
the continent and tearing existing evils up
by the roots, is something 10 be welcomed,
not feared.
fit is started by the worbingmen rather
than by the statesmen of the land, all the
better
Ii will show, what the Herald has always
asserted, that both the heart and the brain
of the wage Garner are in the right place.
Now then, gentlemen, what do you pro
pose to do and how do you propose to do il?
You belong 10 the Democratic party pure
and simple, and minus any sham" That
party is the party of the masses therefore
it is your party. Nou will insist that your
rights rs ciliZens and wage carnerS shall be
jealouSly guarded by wise and vigorous
legislation Good. You will require the
leaders of that party 10 remove all unnecccS-
sary taxes and burdens, 10 get rid of a cor
rupting surplus i'll the treasury, TO put an
immediate stop 10 the waste of the peoples
money, and 10 give the poor man every pos
sible benefit of the situation Good. You
are right.
Under Republican regime monopoly
was rampant. See for yourselves how it
EEpNh tNNhaN NCAiSs
Great corporations have received great
privileges, by which few have become
immensely rich at the expense of the people
That kind of Republicanism was n sham
and n humbug.
You expressed an opinion on the subject
in 1884, when you said, 1--WE have had
enough of you-step down" Under the
same regime your land has been stolen by
the million aoFeS-you see we are calling a
spade n spade-and the farms-your farms
which your children or your childFcn's chill
dren will want by and by, have been taken
from you by hocus pocus mixed with perju-
ry waist deep.
You want To check monopoly and reclaim
this stolen land Ii can be done, and you
can help to do II. When Mr.. Cleveland
went to the White House, at your bidding,
he was pledged TO rip open these plots for
aggrandizement. He has been opposed by
interested parties, by powerful cattle syndi-
Gates, by railroad corporations with millions
at command, and shrewd lobbyists i'll the
Capitol TO Influence legislation. But he
is good fighter. Your party, the party of
the democracy, must stand by him. During
the last two years an area of territory more
than twice the extent of Ireland has been
reclaimed, and the land grabberS have been
told, ''You can't have il. Empty your
pockets of stolen property"